Fueled by heart, craft, and a father’s savings — ‘Stephen’
Fueled by heart, craft, and a father’s savings — ‘Stephen’ rises from a 40-minute
short to a global psychological thriller, premiering Dec 5th on Netflix*
In a twist from the usual crime playbook, Stephen starts where most thrillers end: the killer confesses. Premiering on Netflix on December 5th, Stephen is a simmering
psychological thriller written and directed by debut filmmaker Mithun Balaji.
Starring Gomathi Shankar with Michael Thangadurai and Smruthi Venkat in key roles, the film explores hidden motives, murder, and unresolved trauma with a pace full of twists. Originally a 40-minute short film, it evolved into a feature after over one-and-a-half years of writing and research, shaped by their obsession with document aries and real psychological cases.
As the narrative gr...